Barber&#39;s comb



June 5-, 1923. 1,457,726

A; CORNELLIER v BARBERS COMB Filed April 28, 1922 INVEN TOR.

Patented June 5, 1923.

IUINITD STAT-"S ARTHUR ooaNELLIER, or nnacu'r, AssAoEusnrrs. i

BARBERS COMB.

Application filed April 28, 192 2 Serial No. 557,210.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR CoRNELLrER, a.citizen of the United States, residing at Dracut, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have i vented certain newand'useful Improvements in Barbers Combs, of which the following is aspecification. i

This invention relates to combs for use in the human hair, and moreparticularly to combs such as are used by barbers in cutting hair.

I am aware that guides have been devised to determine the distance of acomb from the'head whereby the length of the out can be regulated, butthis device is for a different purpose.

In cutting hair by barbers, particularly where clippers, and still moreparticularly where power clippers are used, it is customary for thebarber to hold the clippers in one hand and the comb in the other, theclippers resting on and being guided by the comb.

Where a snarl or obstruction is encountered, the clippers frequentlyslip from their proper position on the comb and make what is known as agash in the hair because they slip off the comb while still cutting.

This device is a comb having cutter guides which prevent such slipping.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows in elevation an outline of a human headtogether with the hands of a barber, with a comb of my construction usedwith hand clippers.

Fig. 2 is an elevation similar to Fig. 1 showing, however, powerclippers.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a comb of my construction having guides halfthe length 4 on} oneside and half the length on the other Fig. 4 is asectional elevation on either of the two lines 4-4 or 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of a comb which tapers from one end to the other,provided with guides of my construction the full. len h on one sideonly.

ig. '6 is a sectional elevation showing a modified form of guide which Iprefer.

In the drawings, A represents a human head, B the hair thereon and C acomb of my construction.

F represents the left hand and G the right of the operator, whileHrepresents hand guides.

clippers having the handles 30 and 31 andfa cutting edge 32.

This cutting edge 32 is ordinarily straight I I I as shown.

. Thecomb includes a back 10 having substantially parallel teeth 11runnigat substantially right angles therefrom, each tooth having abase12 and a tip 13.

These'teeth are so cut away that cutter guides 20, running in a linesubstantially parallel. with but at a. distance from' the bases 12 oftheteeth, project outwardly. therefrom thereby forming guiding sil'rfaces 21. These guiding surfaces preferably extend in a substantiallyparallel line with the bases of the teeth as described.

In operating the cutter, one corner of the cutting edge 32 may bepressed against the cutter guides 20 and-moved along as shown in Fig. 1.These cutter guides prevent the clippelps from slipping and making agash. I

mon type are shown, being propelled by a flexible shaft such as 40.These have a cutting edge shown at 42 which ordinarily is substantially' straight.

In Fig. 2, the cutting edge 42 is shown as pressed along its lengthfirmly against the line of cutter guides 20. It is obvious that whetherthe whole length or one corner only is pressed against the cutterguides, it prevents the clippers from slipping.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the cutter guides may extend halfway on oneside and halfway on the other of a comb such as C. In Fig. 5, the comb Ttapers from the end 48 to the end 49 the bases of the teeth runningalong the line 50 while the tips of the ig. 2, the power cutters R ofany comteeth are represented by line 52 and the line of cutter guides by51.

In Fig. 6, the cutter guides represented by 21 have an overhang 23 whichhelps to keep the cutting edge of-the clippers down so that .it will notrun over the tops of the I claim 1. The combination in a comb having astraight back and substantially parallel teeth running at substantiallyright angles ing surface between its base and its tip, said 7 guidingsurfaces each having anoverhanging top and fac ng towards and running ina straight line substantially parallel With ing surface between its baseand its tip, said but at a distance from the bases of the teeth. guidingsurfaces facing towards and run- 2. The combination in acomb having aning in a straight line. substantially parallel 1 straight back andsubstantially parallel with but at a distance from the bases of the 5teeth running at substantially right angles teeth.

therefrom, of a series of cutter guides each I g projecting from a toothand having a guid- ARTHUR CORNELLIER.

